The Death of Santini

This was a dreadful book. I thought The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline were two of the best novels I had ever read (not that I read a lot of novels), but now I wonder if Pat Conroy is even sane. Every major character in this book is just a mess. Everyone is saintly, evil, preening, cruel, funny, mean, proud and insane. The author comes across as a jerk. Skip it.